The Former Insular Madhouse - School of Art and Design - San Juan (Old San Juan) - 2012 00003

Description

The Former Insular Madhouse building in Old San Juan. Part of a terracotta-colored semicircular dome with a lantern and a pinnacle can be seen. The cornices and two latticework windows with white moldings are also visible. Later on, the building became known as the School of Art and Design.

Origin Name	Antiguo Manicomio Insular - Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño - San Juan (Viejo San Juan) - 2012 00003
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > San Juan - Viejo San Juan (PRHBDS) > Antiguo Manicomio Insular - Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño - San Juan (Viejo San Juan)
Geographical Coverage	San Juan
Date	2012
Descriptive Notes	Original title and provenance name were assigned by the Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage Archive (PRAHA). The general description contains information collected from the official Facebook page of the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
Colaborador	Fammi Notari, Bartolomé (1745 - 1792) - Arquitecto Guitián, Antonio María - Ingeniero
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Old San Juan and it's Periphery: Old San Juan
Architectural Subject	Capital cities Domes (architectural elements) Pinnacles (ornaments) Lattice windows Cornices Psychiatric hospitals Universities (building complexes)
Decolonial Subject	Integral Human Development Recognition (identity)
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image